Maine singer-songwriter
Carol Noonan is critically acclaimed as one of folk music's jewels. Her
performances of her signature dark ballads are always accompanied by an unlikely
partner of humor and wit. she has taken that humor to pen, and made her
rookie attempt with "Dear Mr. Was....Letters From Maine". It is
a collection of stories she wrote to a friend out in L.A. about living in the
Land of the Pines. Noonan has tasted the salt of the waterfront, and been
bitten by the black flies of western Maine, where she now resides. Still
considered a "flatlandah", she has lived in Maine over 25
years. During those years, she has met the people and lived in the places
that inspire her stories. They are mostly comical, but always written with
love, and spoken in her own way. You will meet Franny Fox, the
ferret-fancying neighbor who unexpectedly had her unexpected baby in "the
Wal-mart". Or Artie, the waterfront bartender who had night cockroach
races, and made more bets than drinks. Noonan has a talent for telling a
story, whether she puts it to music or down on paper. Her Mom says that
she got this talent from her great Irish uncle, a legendary seanakie.. . a
teller of stories, going from pub to pub trading tales for pints. Noonan
will not boast that she is a writer or seanakie, but like her uncle before her,
she can weave it with the best of them. so fill your glass, make a toast,
and take a trip to Maine.